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THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET<br/>
<span class=large>JEREMIAH</span>
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CHAPTER 20
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Jeremiah is smitten and put in the stocks—He prophesies that all Judah shall be taken captive by Babylon.
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Now</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/1a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 21: 1; Jer. 38: 1.">Pashur</a> the son of <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/1b" mark="b" type="A" title="1 Chr. 24: 14.">Immer</a> the priest, who <i>was</i> also <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/20/1c" mark="c" type="D" title="OR senior officer.">chief</a> governor in the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.
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Then Pashur <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/2a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 16: 2; Hel. 13: 24 (24-27).">smote</a> Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that <i>were</i> in the high gate of Benjamin, which <i>was</i> by the house of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>.
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And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks.  Then said Jeremiah unto him, The <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> hath not called thy name Pashur, but <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/3a" mark="a" type="D" title="IE Terror all around.">Magor</a>-missabib.
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For thus saith the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold <i>it:</i> and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/4a" mark="a" type="A" title="1 Ne. 1: 13 (11-14).">captive</a> into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword.
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Moreover I will deliver all the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/5a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB provision, or goods.">strength</a> of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/5b" mark="b" type="A" title="Ezek. 22: 25.">precious</a> things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their enemies, which shall spoil them, and take them, and carry them to <sup>c</sup><a href="jer/20/5c" mark="c" type="A" title="2 Kgs. 24: 12 (12-16); 2 Kgs. 25: 13 (13-17).">Babylon</a>.
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And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/6a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Lying.">lies</a>.
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&#182; O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, thou hast <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/7a" mark="a" type="P" title="HEB persuaded.">deceived</a> me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/7b" mark="b" type="C" title="Lam. 3: 14; TG Despair; TG Suffering.">derision</a> daily, every one mocketh me.
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For since I spake, I cried out, I cried <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/8a" mark="a" type="A" title="Jer. 6: 7.">violence</a> and spoil; because the word of the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> was made a reproach unto me, and a derision, daily.
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Then I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name.  But <i>his word</i> was in mine heart as a <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/9a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 39: 3; 3 Ne. 11: 3.">burning</a> fire shut up in my bones, and I was weary with forbearing, and I could not <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/9b" mark="b" type="A" title="Acts 4: 20; Ether 12: 2."><i>stay</i></a>.
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&#182; For I heard the <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/10a" mark="a" type="A" title="Ps. 31: 13.">defaming</a> of many, fear on every side.  Report, <i>say they,</i> and we will report it.  All my <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/10b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR familiar friends.">familiars</a> watched for my halting, <i>saying,</i> Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.
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But the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <i>is</i> with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/11a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Protection, Divine.">prevail</a>: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: <i>their</i> everlasting <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/11b" mark="b" type="D" title="OR disgrace.">confusion</a> shall never be forgotten.
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But, O <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> of hosts, that <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/12a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Test, Try, Prove.">triest</a> the righteous, <i>and</i> seest the <sup>b</sup><a href="jer/20/12b" mark="b" type="P" title="HEB inward parts.">reins</a> and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my cause.
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Sing unto the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>, praise ye the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span>: for he hath delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.
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&#182; <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/14a" mark="a" type="A" title="Job 3: 3 (3-4).">Cursed</a> <i>be</i> the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.
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Cursed <i>be</i> the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
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And let that man be as the cities which the <span class='smallcaps'>Lord</span> <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/16a" mark="a" type="A" title="Isa. 13: 19 (19-20).">overthrew</a>, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide;
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Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb <i>to be</i> always great <i>with me.</i>
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Wherefore came I forth out of the womb to see labour and <sup>a</sup><a href="jer/20/18a" mark="a" type="B" title="TG Sorrow.">sorrow</a>, that my days should be consumed with shame?
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